Locating device

US6886269B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Erhard Hoffmann · Altenriet, DE
• Stefan Clauss · Echterdingen, DE
• Uwe Skultety-Betz · Echterdingen, DE
• Bjoern Haase · Stuttgart, DE
• Ulli Hoffmann · Mühlacker, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 11, 2002
• Grant date: May 3, 2005
• Expiry date: Oct 11, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01B21/00
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A positioning device includes a housing (10) and a display unit (12), in particular a display for graphic representation of measurement information, which display is movable for locating purposes using a handle unit (14) over a surface of an article being examined. The device has at least one sensor unit (20) for picking up a first motion parameter. At least one motion measuring direction (16, 18) extends transversely to the longitudinal direction (22) of the housing (10).